diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for commonmark-pandoc
 
+## 0.2.1.1
+
+- Don't collapse Para to Plain in task lists (#77).
+
 ## 0.2.1
 
 - commonmark-pandoc.cabal: remove unneeded build-depend on containers.
diff --git a/commonmark-pandoc.cabal b/commonmark-pandoc.cabal
--- a/commonmark-pandoc.cabal
+++ b/commonmark-pandoc.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           commonmark-pandoc
-version:        0.2.1
+version:        0.2.1.1
 synopsis:       Bridge between commonmark and pandoc AST.
 description:    This library provides typeclasses for rendering
                 commonmark to Pandoc types.
diff --git a/src/Commonmark/Pandoc.hs b/src/Commonmark/Pandoc.hs
--- a/src/Commonmark/Pandoc.hs
+++ b/src/Commonmark/Pandoc.hs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 toTaskListItem (checked, item) = B.fromList $
   case B.toList $ coerce item of
     (Plain ils : rest) -> Plain (checkbox : Space : ils) : rest
-    (Para  ils : rest) -> Plain (checkbox : Space : ils) : rest
+    (Para  ils : rest) -> Para  (checkbox : Space : ils) : rest
     bs                 -> Plain [checkbox] : bs
     where checkbox = Str (if checked then "\9746" else "\9744")